Munster addressing scrum issues - Kyriacou

Munster forwards coach Andi Kyriacou says he's confident their scrum issues won't be repeated against Edinburgh on Friday night.

The province stayed in touch with the top eight of the BKT United Rugby Championship with a 24-17 win against Connacht last Saturday, but had difficulties at the scrum in the first half of the game, conceding multiple penalties, before the experience of John Ryan and Jeremy Loughman saw them shore up the set-piece in the second half.

Kyriacou says it's been an area of big focus ahead of Friday night's trip to the Scottish capital.

"We've gone through our review as we always do. Firstly, we looked at ourselves, we haven't looked at anything Connacht were up to, it's how can we get better and control ourselves," the Munster forwards coach said.

"We've done some good work in and around that as a front row yesterday, and then collectively today we've built on it again.

"We're aware of it, we've got to be better in that area, and we're doing everything we can to put right those areas for the weekend."

The province are currently waiting on results of a scan for out-half Jack Crowley (below), who picked up a calf injury in the win against Connacht on Saturday night.

And while the province are yet to rule him out of contention for Friday night in Edinburgh, it doesn't appear to be a long-term issue.

"I couldn't tell you what the results of the scan were, but he's trained today, he's done elements of training today.

"We're just going to wait and see how he reacts to stuff and move forward as his body tells us."

Meanwhile, full-back Mike Haley is following the return to play protocols for a concussion sustained at the weekend, while Peter O'Mahony is available after suffering a facial injury in the same game.

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